Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi

Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi is married to Elio Bonazzi

"The Halliburton deal was also a hot topic yesterday on many of the Iranianbased Web logs that are committed to the new movement to hold a popular referendum on their country’s constitution. One Iranian-American activist, Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi, said the timing of the deal was terrible. “An American company such as Halliburton should know better to continue these investments in Iran at the same moment when the Bush administration is trying to get European companies doing this kind of business to pressure the regime through threats of divestment,” she said. Ms. Zand-Bonazzi is the daughter of an Iranian journalist and political prisoner, Siamak Pourzand." 

"A New York-based Iranian activist, Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi, said yesterday that the president's speech "gives people hope." The issues involved in bringing moderation and secularism to Iran, Ms. Zand-Bonazzi said, "must transcend the American anti-Bush clamor." "The masses in the Middle East seeking democracy and secularism find that this stance of the president, this language, and his constant hammering away at the issue is beyond helpful - it's completely correct," Ms. Zand-Bonazzi said." 

Publications

 * Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi & Elio Bonazzi, "All Eyes on Iran: In pursuit of freedom", Voices of Freedom, July 07, 2004.